"What we have here is a total lack of respect for the law!"
A race car driver tries to transport an illegal beer shipment from Texas to Atlanta in under 28 hours, picking up a reluctant bride-to-be on the way.
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Effortless, unpretentious, classical in form and warm.
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- John Chardon TMDB · Mar 20199/10
Pedal to the metal in this ripper of a good time. Smokey and the Bandit is directed by Hal Needham and the screenplay is collectively written by James Lee Barrett, Charles Shyer and Alan Mandel; from a story by Needham and Robert L. Levy. It stars Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed and Mike Henry. Music is by Bill Justis and Jerry Reed and cinematography by Bobby Byrne. He does what he does best-shows off. Bo "Bandit" Darville (Reynolds) accepts a, illegal job/bet offer of delivering a truck load of Coors Beer from Texas across the states to Georgia. The job must be completed within 28 hours or he will not pick up the $80,000 payment for his services. Enlisting his buddy Snowman (Reed) to drive the truck, while he acts as a decoy in his Pontiac Trans Am, the Bandit must avoid capture by the Smokey (police). When he stops to pick up runaway bride Carrie (Fields), this makes him the target for one particularly vindictive laws enforcer, Sheriff Buford T. Justice (Gleason), whose son Junior Justice (Henry) is the jilted intended of Carrie. You sumbitches couldn't close an umbrella! The best of the "CB Radio" movies, Smokey and the Bandit makes up for what little it
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Cast
- Burt ReynoldsBandit
- Sally FieldCarrie
- Jerry ReedCledus
- Mike HenryJunior
- Paul WilliamsLittle Enos
- Pat McCormickBig Enos
- Jackie GleasonBuford T. Justice
- Alfie WisePatrolman Traffic Jam
- George ReynoldsBranford
- Macon McCalmanMr. B.
Crew
- Hal NeedhamDirector
- Alan MandellScreenplay
- James Lee BarrettScreenplay
- Charles ShyerScreenplay
- Bobby ByrneDirector of Photography
- Bill JustisOriginal Music Composer
- Jerry ReedOriginal Music Composer
- Angelo RossEditor
- Walter HannemannEditor
- Jules V. LevyProducer
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